Equipment News – Page 137
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NewsSubmersion Test for Heavy Transport Vessel
Rotterdam based Fairstar Heavy Transport NV' s recently converted heavy transport vessel Fjord successfully completed three days of extensive tests on its ballast system.
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NewsCertex Eyes International Horizons
UK based distributor of marine lifting equipment Certex has become part of Axel Johnson International, a privately owned worldwide group.
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New Carriers to Double Terminal Capacity
Finnish port operator Steveco Oy aims to expand its container handling capacity at the Port of Kotka with a new order for 10 Kalmar straddle carriers.
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Spreader Advancing in Marine Markets
Modulift Design & Consulting, the company behind the Modulift spreader system, has delivered its fourth direct order to Clipper Elite Carriers for permanent lifting duties onboard CEC Caledonia.
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NewsGenset Power for Heavy Lift Propulsion
SeaMetric International of Norway, has formalised its relationship with MAN Diesels through a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed earlier this year. This follows an order of 24 gensets by Seametric, which has stipulated the L27/38 model sets for its new Twin Marine Lifter (TML) system.
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NewsBig Lift Capability Goes to GOMS
Located on the Sitiawan River, Grade One Marine Shipyard (GOMS) of Lumut, Malaysia, wanted to acquire a 700C Marine Travelift in order to expand its existing business of refitting and repair services and also increase its capability to service vessels up to 700 tons.
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NewsCZ Buoyed by Trinity House Order
Cookson & Zinn (CZ), the specialist tank and vessel manufacturers, have supplied 24 new buoys for a range of locations around the English and Welsh coast for Trinity House.
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NewsBuoy Mounted AIS for Barcelona
Tideland Signal Ltd has won the public tender to supply its Informer V03 AIS to Barcelona Port Authority for installation on four of the port' s most important buoys in order to improve identification by mariners and to make it easier to service the equipment.
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NewsPharos Marine Riding the Wind
Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine report further orders for the marking of offshore wind generators.
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NewsGLAs Applaud US eLoran Decision
The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland have applauded the US decision last month to implement Enhanced Loran (eLoran) in the US as a complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS), particularly in the event of an outage or disruption in service.
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NewsBright Sparks Address Skills Shortage
A marine course at South Tyneside College in the UK is helping to address skills shortages training which could help save shipping companies thousands of pounds in staffing costs.
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NewsWorld's Most Mature Cadet Qualifies
With the training and retention of mariners a continuing issue for the shipping community, it comes as good news that ex-fireman cadet Peter Sommerfield has recently qualified in the UK as a certificated watchkeeping officer at the age of 45 years. He has completed his cadetship and qualified for his ...
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NewsSimulators Secure DNV Approval
A total of 26 Kongsberg Maritime Neptune Engine Room Simulators (ERS) and Cargo Handling Simulators (CHS) have received a new Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Statement of Compliance this year according to new standards laid out in DNV Class A, Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 October 2007, which ...
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NewsCareers Website to boost Merchant Navy
A campaign to increase the number of Merchant Navy recruits in Scotland has been launched by Scottish Enterprise, with £ 250,000 initiative aimed at attracting more officer cadets into the industry.
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NewsTraining Charts an International Course
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is strengthening its reputation as an international training centre by educating students from around the world. Students from six different countries were the latest to learn how to produce and maintain Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) by attending an intensive five week course recently.
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NewsFit and forget data management
There is a new service for the electronic management of onboard information that has come from the teaming up of ChartCo and Regs4Ships.
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NewsPortland prepares for an Olympic effort
As investment starts in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games, Portland Harbour Authority starts to upgrade its AIS and radar based system.
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NewsNew AIS Pinpoints Irish Sea Navaids
An innovative scheme funded by the European Union' s Interreg IIIA programme to increase safety on the seas was launched last month in Larne, Northern Ireland. The Automatic Identification System will improve navigation capabilities for ships by automatically identifying other ships in the area, as well as buoys and lighthouses.
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Research Information Finds a Platform
There has been for some time a need for researchers to have marine and coastal data at their fingertips, in order to meet the growing disquiet about what is happening to our coasts and climate.
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NewsMCA Gets New SAR Helicopters
New helicopters introduced to provide search and rescue (SAR) services from two bases in the north of Scotland are now established in the role. The new Sikorsky S92 aircraft have been introduced on a phased basis at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) bases at Stornoway and Sumburgh, Shetland.
